Think about it: If you can’t talk your way through your disagreements, you’re doomed.

You absolutely must have a reliable way to communicate your concerns and differences. AND you have to have a strategic way of making sure you both can be heard.

If you feel a constant friction when trying to communicate with him, you’ll start to hold back on your honestly and conversations. And eventually bottling up your feelings will cause a lot of problems.

Conflict comes up because we run into a difference in needs.

That’s pretty much it. And if you can find a way to understand that other people may have different needs than you – and that BOTH can be valid… you’ll do much better at managing conflicts.

If you have a tough time seeing other people’s needs because your own feeling of lack is blinding you, you may need some help.

The good news is this:

The better you are at managing conflict and communicating, the more men you’ll be compatible with.

One critical skill you need as a woman is the ability to read his signals. You need to know how to read his verbal and nonverbal cues to understand what a man is thinking and feeling.

Men hide a lot of their emotions, so you have to know how to see what’s going on inside.

What Is Relationship Compatibility? #2: Point At The Same Star…

Another of the critical compatibility elements is how well aligned you are.

You see, it matters a whole lot less that you both like old Frank Sinatra albums and skiing Colorado than it does that you’re both aligned in philosophy of life.

This requirement is never more apparent than when two people come together to raise children.

I’m thankfully in complete alignment with my wife about how we raise our kids.

And even when we disagree, we know how to find a good middle ground. In fact, after experiencing this kind of sync with her, I can’t imagine a relationship any other way.

If you’re in a relationship where your core philosophy of raising children – or your direction in life – is not aligned very closely, the odds are stacked WAY against you. There are too many factors working against relationships these days for it to work out.

Now, if you find that depressing or disappointing, I encourage you to move this consideration from the back to the front. Meaning, make this your primary selection criteria instead of a secondary one.

Most people choose their mate based on the following:

Appearance (cute, pretty, handsome, etc.)

Interests (music, hobbies, television shows, etc.)

How quickly they sleep with each other

How quickly they feel “in love”

Now, I understand that we attribute a lot of our relationship status to “gut feel.” We try to not quantify our relationship, because that feels almost UN-romantic.

You can’t put numbers on LOVE!

Or can you?

I don’t think you need to use numbers or measurements, but you do have to know what your “YES!” qualities are in a mate. And your “NO” qualities, too.

If you just let your gut emotions run the show, you’re going to overlook a lot of things that could be warnings.

Ask a lot of people about WHY they got married and you’ll hear a shocking lack of rational thinking.

The reality is that you need headAND heart to make good relationship decisions.

What Is Relationship Compatibility? #3: Sex, Language, Time…

These three are a catch-all for some of the important compatibility elements many couples overlook.

First:

Sex

You gotta have similar appetites in the bedroom.

You also need a commitment to your sex life – the same as your commitment to your relationship. Many women don’t realize the full importance of working on their sex life in a relationship or marriage. Very often, it seems like the man has TOO much focus on it.

Don’t ignore the quality of your physical intimacy!

While it’s not usually the sole issue in couples that break up, it’s definitely the starting point for a lot of issues.

Next up:

Language

And by this I mean Love Language. Your love language is the way that you feel and experience love in a relationship.

You don’t need to have the same language as your partner, but you definitely need to know what theirs is!

And I’d say it’s probably more important that he know what YOURS is. Mostly because men can go longer periods without feeling completely connected.

This doesn’t mean you can ignore him for long, but it’s much more critical to you that he knows how to make you feel loved, adored, and cherished.

And finally…

TIME

You should have an understanding between you as to how you’ll spend time together – and apart. A lot of couples leave this up to the winds of fate. And as a result, they lose connection because of misunderstanding.

You should have a clear understanding between you how much time you’ll spend together, as opposed to the time you’ll spend with friends, family, alone, etc.

This is important for a man because he needs time away from the relationship to recharge and get back to his core masculinity. Without it, he’ll go a little wacky. And you’ll respond with your own wacky.

Your jobs will obviously factor into this as well.

Now, I’ll cover a few more compatibility elements in future articles/videos…

This also goes a long way towards making you feel more settled and stable. If you know that he’s not mad at you, or there are no issues in your relationship, you’ll be better able to watch for his emotional state changes.